Serious B3078 crash in the New Forest on 27 September 2020 at 16:04 involving a Mini Clubman
A bicycle and a Mini Clubman were involved in a crash on the B3078 in the New Forest at 16:04 on Sunday 27 September 2020. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Sep 2020
- Sunday, 16:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mini Clubman
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92689, longitude -1.79142, in the SP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fordingbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde, New Forest, SP6 1HZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the New Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440375288
- Council area
- New Forest
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3078
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 28 February 2013
5 m awayRef 2013440075842
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 6 December 1987
5 m awayRef 1987440DF0139
Slight
Van crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 3 November 1989
5 m awayRef 1989440DF0116
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on an unclassified road in the New Forest, 8 July 1995
5 m awayRef 1995440DF0053
Slight
Car crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 30 May 1990
5 m awayRef 1990440DF0050
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B3078 in the New Forest, 12 February 2003
5 m awayRef 2003440DF0022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Clubman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2020440375288 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the New Forest road accident statistics for 2020.